Doctor Manhattan's voice

Title: Doctor Manhattan's voice

Author: Zittlaw, Jim

Year: 2014

Keyword(s): literary style, narrative voice, Watchmen

Description: In this paper, the author analyzes the style of Dr. Manhattan's narrating voice in the "Watchmaker" chapter of Alan Moore's and Dave Gibbons's Watchmen. The use of verbs, phrases, sentence structure, and formatting is examined and found to communicate effectively Dr. Manhattan's unique worldview.